General Studies MCQ -39

Dear Aspirants,

General Studies MCQs are the basic part of Himachal competitive exams. It is helpful to HPSSSB, and State Banks Exams. It is a series of General knowledge  MCQ (including Indian History MCQs, Static gk) also help in the National level examination, Sainik School, NDA, and army exams, etc.

Q1. Which of the following English, who gave all the information about the “Black Hole Episode”, though in a single-sided way?
(A) John Surman
(B) Holwell
(C) Minchin
(D) Stephenson

Q2. Who of the following evolved the subsidiary Alliance system ?
(A) Wellesley
(B) Dalhousie
(C) Cornwallis
(D) Warren Hastings

Q3. Which of the following is true for Tipu Sultan ?
(A) He was allowed to go and settle in France
(B) He was defeated by Wellesley in 1799 and met a hero’s death while defending his capital Srirangapatna
(C) He defeated Wellesley in 1799
(D) He was recognized as the chief of Mysore state

Q4. In which of the following year did British annex Punjab?
(A) 1856
(B) 1849
(C) 1848
(D) 1799

Q5. The chief instrument of Lord Dalhousie’s annexationist policy was:
(A) Outright Wars
(B) Doctrine of Lapse
(C) Subsidiary Alliance
(D) Dual Government

Q6. Which of the following dynasty did Ahilyabai, the saintly queen of Maheshwar?
(A) Slave
(B) Holkar of Indore
(C) Chauhans of Sambhar
(D) Peshwa

Q7. Which of the following was the great uprising (of 1857) result ?
(A) Racial discrimination and hatred
(B) Unity among the Hindus and the Muslims
(C) Division of Indian society
(D) Unity among the Indian states

Q8. Which of the following established the Asiatic Society in Calcutta?
(A) T. B. Macaulay
(B) Warren Hastings
(C) Sir William Jones
(D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Q9. Lytton was not associated with the :
(A) Strachey Commission
(B) Ilbert Bill
(C) Vernacular Press Act
(D) Arms Act

Q10. Who of the following was not a founder of Hindustan Republican Army or Association (HRA)?
(A) Ram Prasad Bismil
(B) Jogesh Chatterjee
(C) Sachindranath Sanyal
(D) Chandrashekar Azad